Gmail invites

As mentioned a couple of week’s ago, I’ve been able to acquire a gmail account for myself, and have been using the service for a couple of weeks. It’s pretty good, mainly because you get a GB of email storage and all, and also because (unlike hotmail) the best account names aren’t all taken… yet (because it’s not available to the general public). Anyway, I’ve just been given two gmail invites. I could sell/swap em…

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“Studies have shown that turnout is higher in areas with all-postal votes” [Metro, today]

Apologies for the public service announcement-esque nature of this post, but I’d just like to urge you all (if you’re in the UK or Europe) to go out and put a couple of small crosses on a piece of paper between 7am and 10pm tomorrow. It’s not much to ask, is it? If ever there was a case for arguing against the tired assertions that voting doesn’t make a difference, or that politicans are all…

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Mr Cockup lives in Pilton

As if, at this stage, you could have expected anything any different, following the complete mess that Glastonbury Festivals Limited, Aloud, and the Wayahead box office (See tickets) managed to make of selling tickets to this year’s Glastonbury festival, dealing with the aftermath of their inadequate ticketing system, and making coherent, sensible announcements to the ticket buying public, it now looks rather like they have managed to completely stuff up the whole ticket ID system…

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